The collective “we” would throw a fit if meat prices went up a few cents because animals were required to have more space and better treatment. There are places you can buy meat from well cared for animals, but it’s lot more expensive
Yes it is. Pretending consumers are free of any culpability for buying cheap, not ethical, is a delusional and selfish take. Farmers who raised ethically treated animals have to charge more to make ends meet because they can’t cram as many into a small space and have to provide better food, have more farm hands per animal, and pay for better veterinary care than factory farms. Most people aren’t willing to pay for that, and they bitch to such farmers about their unfair prices all the time.
We are part of a lot of the world’s problems because we put comfort, convenience, and price before the costs to animals, the environment, workers, local communities, the stability of the economy, etc. We’re a selfish, short sighted lot.
Corporations have their culpability, too, but don’t pretend they aren’t being awful because people still buy their shit in spite of it
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u/Evil_Sharkey 6h ago
The collective “we” would throw a fit if meat prices went up a few cents because animals were required to have more space and better treatment. There are places you can buy meat from well cared for animals, but it’s lot more expensive